Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
308. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for two additional permanent classrooms in the interests of the health and safety of the school community. [54369/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe school referred to by the Deputy applied to my Department for funding to replace an existing prefab. The school was advised that it is my Department's intention to replace all purchased temporary accommodation with permanent accommodation, where the need is established, over the lifetime of the Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021).
To enable this development, my Department will be carrying out an assessment of the number of prefabs being used in schools to deliver the curriculum. This will also determine whether or not individual prefabs need to be replaced in the context of the long-term accommodation needs of each individual school. When completed, this assessment will quantify the number of prefabs to be replaced.
The school has also recently written to my Department seeking additional accommodation. The correspondence will be considered and a response will be furnished to the school authority subsequently.
